Buenos Aires, April 1 (NA) — Agostina Páez, the young lawyer accused of racial defamation in Brazil, returns to Argentina today after the neighboring country's justice system accepted the habeas corpus presented by her defense. This allows her to await the final verdict from the judge with her family and friends. Sources familiar with the case confirmed to the Argentine News Agency that on Wednesday after 7:00 PM, Páez will arrive at Jorge Newbery International Airport and set foot on Argentine soil after being detained in Brazil for nearly three months with an electronic ankle bracelet. The flight on which the young woman will travel will depart from Rio de Janeiro at 3:55 PM, and her return to her home province of Santiago del Estero is expected to occur only next Thursday, April 2. This Tuesday, it became known that the lawyer paid the bail set at over $18,500, which led to the removal of her ankle bracelet and permission to return to the country. The case has generated repercussions in both Argentina and Brazil, in a context of increasing toughening of laws against acts of discrimination in the neighboring country, where such conduct is considered a serious crime.
